QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

2 Three-striper: Abbr. (3)

7 Couch (4)

8 Stimulus aftermath (8)

9 Vatican church (8)

10 Polish, as shoes (4)

11 The US has one in Jerusalem (7)

13 Capital of Japan, once (5) 15 Seth’s son (Genesis) (5) 17 Western US state capital (7) 20 ___-fry (4)

21 Three-part painting (8) 23 Difficulty (8)

24 Whom Sam played piano for (4) 25 Contravene a Commandment (3)

Down

1 Meditative practice (4)

2 ___ test, for a race horse (6) 3 Wander about: Colloq. (7) 4 World’s highest capital city at almost 12,000 feet (2,3)

5 Short and not thin (6) 6 Ticker-tape parade feature (8)

12 Trifling matters (8)

14 Small people (colloq) (7) 16 Walked with determination (6) 18 Nonresident of a kind (6) 19 Wool sweater, perhaps (5) 22 Chanel fragrance (4)